Age verification tools on adult websites bypassed in seconds
news.sky.com
Using widely available technology, well-known ethical hackers Chris Kubecka and Paula Popovici quickly accessed numerous pornography sites without ever verifying their ages.

Using widely available technology, well-known ethical hackers Chris Kubecka and Paula Popovici quickly accessed numerous pornography sites without ever verifying their ages.

  • Stefen Auris@pawb.socialEnglish
    39·
    21 days ago

    In response to our findings, Ofcom said these checks “will help stop young children from stumbling across porn”.

    Stumbling across porn is a right of passage for every teenager. You can try to make it illegal all you want, but it happens every time. Maybe instead of fighting the inevitable we make it safer for young adults by educating them about gasp the s word (sex) instead of pretending it doesn’t exist.

    Not to mention these silly laws also impact the rest of us adults from going about our business. This puritan mindset is backwards and ultimately self defeating. “Think of the children” is used far too often in justification for restrictions instead of doing things that actually benefit children.

    • Blaster M@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      21 days ago

      As the saying goes, teach your kids about the birds and the bees before the internet does.

    • Lycist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      21 days ago

      didn’t even need porn when I came of age, started with scrambled tv channels and sears underwear magazine sections.

      These laws are stupid, haha.

      • Stefen Auris@pawb.socialEnglish
        6·
        20 days ago

        exactly, people were learning about sexual things before the internet, before TV even. Sex is normal, (just as much as being asexual is also normal), and having sex present in our culture and society is a part of that.